December 31 2006
Multiple bomb blasts rock Bangkok
This is the scene at Victory Monument tonight after a bomb blast tore through a bus shelter at 17:47 local time.
One person was killed and seventeen were injured.
"There was a big bang and people started screaming and running. I saw people with blood all over their legs and faces," said Chalermsak Sanbee, 17, who was standing near the bus stop.
A small area is cordoned-off while police and soldiers sift through the wreckage.
December 29 2006
Blowjob row hits Bangkok Airport
Angry whoremongers have slammed the bosses of Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi Airport for ignoring the plight of weary travellers who want to get blown-off as they wait for connecting flights.
Up the escalator from KFC, the legendary hair salon at the old Don Muang Airport used to pamper its patrons with a range of services that were seldom available in the Thai Royal Orchid Lounge. Sometimes, this even included a haircut.
My informant discovered this by accident when a pretty stylist brushed some hair from his lap in a highly suggestive manner.
December 27 2006
Near death experience at the Madrid Bar
For one Christmas reveller, a beer in Patpong's historic Madrid Bar could have been his last drink on Earth.
It was Christmas Eve and the arrival of an unaccompanied farang guy went almost unnoticed. He ordered a drink but dozed off while one of the bargirls massaged his shoulders.
With his unsupported head tilted back almost ninety degrees and his mouth gaping, the man's odd posture caught the attention of my friends.
"Is he ok?" One of them asked.
"Yes," the girl replied. "He have only one drink."
Half a minute later, the guy's lips had turned purple and his face was beginning to go blue. When his fingers started to change colour too, my friend realised that the cold towel on its way from the bar wasn't going to revive him.
December 23 2006
Santa empties his sack in Thailand
Buddhism offers few opportunities for drunken revelry around a pile of presents so it's hardly surprising that Thai people turn a bit Christian at this time of year.
There's tinsel everywhere and you can't enter a department store without getting your ears blasted by turgid Christmas classics (in English). Obviously, there's no mention of what's actually being celebrated so your average Thai shopper probably thinks that farangs worship Frosty the Snowman.
Personally, I detest Christmas but I like Tramp o Claus.
December 20 2006
Desperate for a dump in Isaan
Holding it in when visiting rural Isaan is desirable but not always possible. When you're practically touching cloth, even a squatter will do but imagine swinging open the cubicle door to reveal this...
Conan's baffling double-dunnie exclusive dominated last month's headlines but his latest scoop breaks new ground in Thai toilet-related misadventure. It's a case study in utter bewilderment and despair.
December 18 2006
The sleazy charm of Georgetown, Penang
If you can't get laid in brothel it's usually your own fault but, if you're unlucky enough to be a Muslim man living in Penang, the law dictates that you have to wait outside while your Chinese friends get stuck in.
It's probably of little comfort but, after dark, Georgetown's sex-starved Muslims can take their pick of the horrific Indonesian ladyboys who prowl the streets.
December 11 2006
Bangkok newbie gets stuck in
Some fun-loving friends from the UK visited me last week and one of them was a Bangkok newbie.
I suggested that he avoid freelancers if he didn't want to catch crabs or get his stuff nicked so it goes without saying that he gave countless beautiful go-go dancers the knock-back each night before carelessly plucking a pockmarked slapper off the street on the way back to his hotel.
Inevitably, he had a great time and I ended up looking like a clucking mother hen.
However, I did manage to score few points when he asked me why some go-go bars have a big squad of girls outside but hardly any onstage. I explained that Thailand is very safety-conscious nation and that they're always having fire drills.
December 8 2006
Chiang Mai's porn-loving pandas
Chiang Mai's impotent pandas, Lin Hui and her partner Chuang Chuang, are reportedly using porn films to spice up their non-existent love life.
The story has appeared in countless foreign newspapers but, quite frankly, it's full of holes. If the not-so-amorous duo weren't already behind bars they could find themselves in a spot of bother because hardcore porn is illegal in Thailand.
I've been trying to puzzle out the implications.
Perhaps Chiang Mai Zoo should commission the late Russ Meyer to shoot a nudie-cutie flick about busty pandas playing beach volleyball. I've no idea how many tits they have but the sight of them all bouncing up and down must be quite impressive.
December 6 2006
Dave the Rave fills Stickman's hole
Keith Summers may have succeeded in knocking the great Stickman off his perch but, after writing a couple of predictable articles about shagging hookers, he seems to have run out of ideas.
Happily, a fun-loving phoenix has already arisen from Stickman's ashes and those sorely-missed nightlife updates are now available elsewhere.
It's long been an open secret that "Stickman Weekly" was a group effort, with most of the nightlife news being ghost-written by Dave the Rave. In fact, he's been supplying content to Nite Owl, Stickman, Dean Barrett and Baron Bonk for almost a decade.
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